13 07, 2020

Age is no barrier. My first Marathon at 61 Years Old! by Heather Rickard of the Many Beach Running Club

By |2021-02-16T11:18:14+11:00July 13th, 2020|Members, Members stories, Uncategorised|0 Comments

In August 2017, I took part in my very first Parkrun. I was nervous, as I was stepping right out of my comfort zone as you will see by the video I have attached. I can hardly believe that in under three years, I am now a marathon runner! There are many parts to this [...]

6 07, 2017

Stress Incontinence And Running For Women.

By |2021-02-16T11:18:35+11:00July 6th, 2017|running tips|5 Comments

Well here goes – I’m about to talk about a topic that comes up regularly on the RMA Facebook page and affects many RMA members – incontinence... yep I said it “peeing your pants”, wetting yourself”, ‘Light Bladder Leakage (LBL)”, and I suffer from it. The type of incontinence I, and many mother runners are [...]

7 03, 2017

Characterising a runner: the new typical and the advent of the recreational runner.

By |2021-02-16T11:18:44+11:00March 7th, 2017|Members, Uncategorised|3 Comments

Running encompasses so much, and the 'runner' as typically thought has changed so much. Now just about anyone can be a 'runner'. This also means that all that encompasses running, from events to gear to how we celebrate running has shifted. The change is in the motivators; what drives people now to be runners. At [...]

12 01, 2015

Announcing the 2015 RMA Ambassadors

By |2021-02-16T11:18:54+11:00January 12th, 2015|ambassadors, RMA 2015 Ambassadors|0 Comments

Anna Fitzgerald took up running in 2010 as part of a resolve to get fit and healthy. Although she ran a little as a kid, it was never something she enjoyed and therefore, it was with some reluctance that she participated in her first running event. It now fair to say that her passion for [...]